The following is a guest post from the members of the SocialVibe Product and Technology Team:
You’ll notice that there have been some dramatic changes here at SocialVibe over the last 24 hours, and as many of you have already discovered, one of the biggest changes is how points are earned. While these changes might seem confusing at first, don’t worry - they were designed to increase the amount of money the SocialVibe Community is able to earn for charity.

Previously, the way people earned their points here at SocialVibe was as follows:
You select a sponsor, put the badge on your profile, and earn points every time your profile gets viewed.
Pretty simple. So, why the change?
Bottom line, advertisers are a lot more interested in driving activity and engagements so that they can have a more meaningful experience with you.
Engagements represent active attention from you. Because advertisers find engagements that drive discussion around their brand to be highly valuable, more support for charities becomes possible.
By doing brand activities, and sharing them with your friends, you’re helping to
increase the support that the SocialVibe Community provides for charity.
For some of you, it is true that the new engagement model will result in you earning less points. However, rest assured that the points you earn in this new engagement model are much more valuable to your charity than they were before, and that the SocialVibe Community as a whole is now able to generate a lot more money for the charities we all care so much about.
Now, go do some engagements and help your charity!